Holder for medicinal inhalers



No. 6l8,2|l. Patented Jan. 24,1899.

6. 0. SHAKESPEARE. HOLDER FDR MEDICINAL INHALERS. (Application filedMar. 19, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

HOLDER FOR MEDICINAL INHALERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,211, dated January24, 189.

Application filed March 19, 1898. Serial No. 674,524. (No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. SHAKES- PEARE, residing at Philadelphia,in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Holders for Medicinal Inhalers, of which the followingis a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to holders for inhalers for pillows.

The object of the invention is to produce a means for attachment bywhich a retaining bottle or vessel for an inhaling liquid may be quicklyattached to or detached from a pillow and by which it may be held to thepillow while in use.

Figure l is a broken plan of part of a pillow, showing the spring in thepillow and the bottle or medicinecup and its holder in place. Fig. 2 isa perspective of the bottle or cup holder detached. Fig. 3 is aperspective of the bottle or medicine-cup detached. Fig. at is a brokensection of the pillow with medicine-bottle and its holder applied.

A indicates a pillow for a bed or couch having a round aperture orrecess in its body, as is common. To the lower part of the pillow abottle or cup holder is secured so as to extend into the aperture. Thisholder is composed of spring-wire bent to form inwardly and upwardlyprojecting wings B B, shown as three in number; but the number of wingsmay be varied. Between the wings B B there are spaces 0. The outwardextensions D of the wire are of greater diameter than the hole in thepillow and rest against the lower surface of the pillow, where they aresecured by stitches or otherwise, while the wings B 13 extend toward thecenter of the hole in the pillow, leaving spaces G between them.

The medicine bottle or cup II has a neck H, and from the top of the neckflanges I I project radially, these flanges being of a length in thedirection of the circumference of the neck to pass between the wings Bof the holder, or the flanges I be longer than the space between thewings B. The wire of which holder B is composed may spring a little, soas to permit said flanges I to pass between the wings B of the holder B.As will be seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the space between the wings of thewire retainer is wider near the base of the wire than where the wingsconverge at their upper inner ends. This causes the flanges I to spreador deflect the wings should the flanges be wider than the narrowest partof the space. The medicine-receptacle may thus spring the wings toposition to receive such receptacle in entering.

The cup or bottle H is preferably of glass, porcelain, or like material.In use it is filled or partially filled with the medicine which it isdesirable to inhale and may contain a sponge or may have other suitablemeans to prevent the escape of the liquid.

To attach the cup or bottle to a pillow which has a hole therein andtheholder B attached, the bottle will be passed up from below, as in Fig.4, and the flanges I will pass through the spaces 0. By turning thebottle until the flanges I lie above the wings B the body of the bottleis brought against the lower face of the wires B, and the bottle is heldwithin the hole or well in the pillow by the wire, the body of thebottle lying against the springwires. To release the bottle or cup, arotary movement is given to the bottle or cup to bring the flanges Iinto register with the spaces 0 between the wires of the cup-holder,when the bottle may be removed.

The bottle-neck should be of such length and the body of the cup orbottle, as well as the holder, should be of such form that the body H ofthe bottle rests closely against the arched wires. The bottle will thusbe held to the pillow firmly, but can readily be detached by a partialturn and withdrawal.

The bottom of the bottle H may have a flange, as indicated in dottedlines, Fig. 4, which flange may be integral with the bottle, or may be aring or disk connected with the bottle.

This elastic wire-holder B is very cheap and when applied permanently tothe vent in the pillow forms a very convenient means for attaching theflanged bottle and for holding it firmly to the pillow and in a positionfrom which it may be easily detached.

What I claim is-- 1. The combination with a pillow having recess thereinof awire holderhaving arched wings extending into the recess in thepillow, and a medicine receptacle having flanges 2. The combination of apillow having re-- cess therein, of a spring-wire, looped to formcatches, and a medicine-receptacle having flanges which may be passedbetween said catches and turned so as to be held or locked by thecatches, substantially as described.

3. The spring-wire having arched wings with spaces between, and themedicine-cup having a neck with flanges which may pass between thewings, by expanding the same, and having a body which fits closelyagainst the under surface of the wings when the flanges are turned abovesaid wings, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE O. SHAKESPEARE.

Witnesses:

W. A. BARTLETT, WALLACE MURDOCK.

